What airlines provide GSD with data?
Currently-participating U.S. airlines are: American, Delta, Federal Express, Northwest, Southwest, United, and United Parcel Service. In addition, the following airlines participate in the AMDAR program: BA, KLM, Air France, SAS, Lufthansa, Qantas, Air New Zealand, South African Air, Air Namibia. Glossary AMDAR data sources explained, by Dave Helms, NWS. (PDF document) • AMDAR: Aircraft Meteorological Data Reports. The name used worldwide for automated meteorological reports from aircraft. • TAMDAR: Tropospheric AMDAR. A commercial measurement and communications developed by AirDat, LLC, initially under NASA sponsorship. TAMDAR is designed to be deployed on regional aircraft, and has been deployed on several regional fleets. TAMDAR data from the Mesaba Airlines fleet is available to the U. S. government; data from other fleets is generally restricted to GSD, for evaluation. • MDCRS: Meteorological Data Collection and Reporting System. MDCRS is funded jointly by the U.S. government and
